Over the last couple of months I have lost over 20 pounds!
I was a biscuit shy of 200#. I clocked in at 175 this morning. I'm shooting for 170 and see how that feels.
My blood pressure spiked this summer and scared me pretty good. I had trouble getting enough oxygen from my lungs. Pulmonary hypertension.
Not wanting to stroke out, went to see ole Doc Adams. He pulled up a couple of chairs for me, asked me to sit down, and open my mouth and say, "Oink".
Actually he didn't say any of that. He prescribed a blood pressure medicine. It didn't drop my blood pressure where it needed to be, but I felt a lot better. Then I went on a long hot drive in truck with inadequate A/C to help load a school bus and we packed it to the ceiling until the tires were about flat. It was blistering hot and humid. In spite of staying hydrated before and during the operation, the heat was taking all of the starch out of me. I was of little help loading that bus.
We made it home okay. I looked up the medicine that I was on and the number one side effect is intolerance for regulating your body temperature in the heat.
Well that ain't going to cut it, given my line of work.
So I decided to lose a bunch of weight and see if that helps. I completely cut out carbs and the pounds fell off pretty rapidly. My blood pressure dropped and has held at 123 over 81 for 2 months now. I haven't felt this good in a many years.

Way to go

I went to the doc this morning and mine was around 145/94. I need to do the same as you and drop about 20. Doc is going to recheck me in a month.

Good job man!

Inspiring!

Awesome!!!!! I hope you feel great!!!!

Good job. Keep it up.

Super Congratulations

Congratulations Sir

Good job, I've cut carbs aside from a few scattered vegetables and have only lost 4 pounds, been about a month since I started, trying to figure that out....

I was obese. Down to 200 now. Was taking 3 blood pressure pills. Got down to 1/2 of one them. Did not take the half this morning. Was taking almost 200 units of insulin and taking none now.

Cholesterol lowering statins are poison. Had to quit them before I could work on the problems they were causing.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4253844/

Your brain is 75% cholesterol. If you want to reduce the risk of getting senile, developing type 2 diabetes, what is now being called type 3 diabetes, steady weight gain, low energy, heck look it up yourselves how unhealthy statins are. Lots of money being made pushing that stuff.

Glad to see some folks on here are going low carb. It will help immensely for health issues. And prolong your life.

Also, many people that do low carb have elevated LDL readings. Don't panic. Those folks are now called Lean Mass Hyper Responders. But their HDL also goes up, and triglycerides also go down. Both good.

In a couple months, if you really want to know the complete make up of your HDL/LDL, get a MNR Lipid Panel profile blood test at Labcorp. Your Dr may have to order it.

And learn how to interpret the results.

Tatiana, taken me 2 years plus to lose 85 pounds. I didnt do it all at once. Has really slowed down now. A couple pounds a month. Hoping to get to 170-80.

I want to let you all know how much I appreciate all of the positive feedback and continued encouragement. It means a lot to me, but wasn't really expecting it.
Obesity is a killer. It is easily shrugged off as not that big of a deal until you have a serious health scare. I sure did get scared straight.
No carb plan is not that difficult to pull off, and the results are impressive. The best part is that if you don't eat any carbs, you don't need to count your calories. Your metabolism changes how it processes what you eat and does not convert it to body fat.
I don't ever go hungry. You have to plan ahead. It is helpful to always have ready-to-eat non-carb food available when you do feel hungry instead of buying a Snickers at the gas station. My go-to is a bag of little cubes of mild cheddar cheese. It's handy and it prevents me from thinking that I need a candy bar.

Nice accomplishment!!!

Dill pickles are also a handy 'snack' when you just need a bit of something to fill your gut.

Good job Carl !

Great job!

121 over 75 just now. No BP med for two days. Keeping my fingers crossed. No grain, no potatoes, no sugar. Quit taking statins, no more diabetes drugs, and hopefully I'm done with blood pressure meds. Amazing what some weight loss, no statin poison, and cutting out sugar will do. Blood sugar is 119. Not great but fine by me. Lots lower than when I was taking statins and insulin.

PS just finished a pot of coffee. BP ought to be high

Danny,
Once you are off the BP pills for a little while, you will be shocked how much more energy you have.